BERLIN Oct 10 The German government has no
comment on reports of a Chinese takeover bid for lighting
company Osram, an economy ministry spokesman said on
Monday, but stressed it wanted to ensure conditions for
competition were fair.

"We have taken notes of the reports. However, this is a
company issue and we can't comment further," Andreas Audretsch
told a regular government news conference in Berlin.

He added that Germany is an open economy and welcomes
investment by foreign companies, but said the government was
keen to ensure that competition with other countries was also on
a level playing field.

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